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Circulating T Cells of Patients with Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome Show Signs of Senescence.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Feb 2017
Meijers Ruud W J, Dzierzanowska-Fangrat Katarzyna, Zborowska Magdalena, Solarska Iwona, Tielemans Dennis, van Turnhout Bob A C, Driessen Gertjan, van der Burg Mirjam, van Dongen Jacques J M, Chrzanowska Krystyna H, Langerak Anton W
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is an inherited genetic disorder characterized by a typical facial appearance, microcephaly, growth retardation, immunodeficiency, and a strong predisposition to malignancies, especially of lymphoid origin. NBS patients have a mutation in the NBN gene which involves the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Here we studied the peripheral T cell compartment of NBS...
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